Kyrgios falters in Toronto opener
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NICK Kyrgios turned in a patchy performance to exit the ATP Rogers Cup in Toronto after a 6-7 (2), 6-3, 3-6 defeat at the hands of Wimbledon junior champion Denis Shapovalov on Monday.
The 17-year-old Canadian set up a match point with his 12th ace, then calmly closed out the upset over the 19th-ranked Australian.
In his first match since losing to eventual champion Andy Murray in the Wimbledon fourth round, Kyrgios at times showed little interest in his on-court duties, serving at lightning speed with only a few seconds between points.
During one changeover, he was heard muttering to himself in dissatisfaction.
“Not great, obviously,” said Kyrgios, who was troubled by a sore knee but still unhappy with his lethargic showing. “I don’t know. I just didn’t play great.”
The Australian 11th seed somehow struck an ace as his racquet flew from his hand on one serve, but his 13 aces were out-numbered by 18 double faults.
Shapovalov, playing in only his second ATP event, will take on former top-10 contender Grigor Dimitrov, who is trying to claw his way back in what has been a disappointing season.
The Bulgarian reached the second round with a 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-4 win over Japan’s Yuichi Sugita.
Three other seeds advanced, with No. 9 John Isner of the US coming back to eliminate Israeli Dudi Sela 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Australian 12th seed Bernard Tomic beat Alejandro Gonzalez of Colombia 6-4, 7-6 (0) while Jack Sock, the No. 16, defeated fellow American Denis Kudla 6-2, 6-2. Borna Coric won an all-Croatian clash as he beat Ivan Dodig 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.
In Montreal, former grand slam champions Petra Kvitova and Samantha Stosur were unfazed by opening-day weather delays, cruising into the second round of the WTA Rogers Cup hardcourt tournament.
Two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova, seeded 12th, needed just 59 minutes to get past Magda Linette 6-1, 6-2.
The Czech, who won her first North American hardcourt title in Montreal in 2012, didn’t face a break point against the young Pole, who pushed former world No. 1 Venus Williams to three sets in Stanford last week.
Kvitova, playing her first tournament since Wimbledon, broke Linette twice in each set and finished her off with an ace.
Former US Open champion Stosur, seeded 13th, had to work a little harder to dispatch Heather Watson 7-5, 6-3.
After some first-set struggles, however, the Australian broke the Briton three times in the second to wrap up the win.
A string of rain delays stopped play for a total of four hours.
The only other seed in action, 17th-seeded Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, advanced with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over American qualifier Jennifer Brady.
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